Penholder



E. D. FELDMAN.

PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12. I918.

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EDWARD 1D. FELIDMAN', OF CHESTER, NEW YORK.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARUD. FELDMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chester, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Penholders, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates more particularly to a class of devices adapted to be used for writing and s .nilar purposes.

My invention has for its object primarily to provide a device or holder designed to be employed especially for permitting a charge of soluble ink in the form of a cartridge or stick to be carried '-therein as well as allowing various types of well known makes of pen points to be used'so that writing in ink may be conveniently accomplished following the dipping of the pen point and the cartridge of ink in water. thecartridge be-.

'-ing of soluble ink commonly known in commerce.

Thus I overcomethe objections to the ordinary forms of writing pens which require the use of separate containers of liquid ink as well as overcoming the objections to the usual types of fountain pens which generally require the use of special makes of pen points, besides requiring a supply of liquid ink to be carried therein with the incident danger of the pen leaking and also liability of becoming exhausted at an inopportune time.

The invention consists essentially of a barrel having a recess in one of its ends. and in the recess is a retainer having a yielding body part so that pen points of various shapes may be inserted in the recess for being removably held against accidental movement between the yielding body and, the barrel. On the body of the retainer is a carrier for holding a cartridge of soluble ink in proximity to the writing point of the pen to allow liquid ink when provided by dipping the penand the soluble ink cartridge in water to be readily ted to the pen point when the user of the holder is writing.

A further object of the invention is to provide a. pen holder of a simple. cliicient and durable construction which may be made in any desired shape and size.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate cor Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1., 1919.

Application filed september 12, 1918. Serial No. 253,755.

responding parts in all the views, the said invention being more fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims at the end of the description. 4

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation, partly broken away and partly in section, of one form of pen holder embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the retainer used in the pen holder, and

Fig.4 is an enlarged perspective view of I a cartridge of soluble ink adapted to be used in the holder.

The device or holder has a barrel 10, and associated with the barrel may be a cap member, as 11, adapted to be removably applied on the rear end of the barrel when the holder is in use or removably applied on the other end of the barrel to protect the pen point when the holder is not in use as is common to the usual types of fountain pens. The barrel 10 may be made of vulcanized rubber or oi any suitable material as well as being made in any desired size and shape,

though I prefer to make the barrel 10 and the cap 11 in forms corresponding to the ordinary forms of fountain pens. In one end of the barrel is a chamber 12 which is preferably provided by recessing the barrel lengthwise a suitable distance, and the mouth of this recess or chamber is interiorly threaded in which is screwed a threaded cap. as 13, for closing the chamber. The chamber 12 serves to permit a number or cartridges or sticks oi. soluble ink as 14. such as is generally .sold in commerce, to be removably carried therein for ready use in conjunction with the holder, as will be hereinafter more fully explained. The other end of the'barrel is recessed lengthwise, as at 15, and in this recess is provided a retainer. as 16. to allow a pen point to be removably held in the holder for writing purposes as well as serving to carry one of the ink cartridges 14. The retainer 1.6 has a body portion 17 which may be made of spring metal in a.

partial cylindrical shape so that the lengthwise edges of the body are in spaced relation .to allow the body portion to yieldingly contract and expand circumierentially. The yielding body portion 17 of the retainer is o? a diameter to permit of being sprung into the barrel. when applied in the recess 15 as well as causing the body portion to be removably held frictiorially in the barrel against accidental displacement. This'body portion of the barrel may be of a length corresponding to the depth of the recess of the barrel, and spaced parts lengthwise of the end portion-of the body 17 at the end serve as yielding fingers 20, 21, 22. The

of the recess 15 is slotted, as at 18 and 19. These slots are preferably provided equal distances between the lengthwise edges of the body portion of the retainer, and the parts of the body portion between the slots free ends of the fingers 20, 21, 22 are curved inwardly, as at 23, 24, 25, toward the center of the cylindrical body portion, and the body j fingers will yield sufficiently to allow pen points of small sizes as well as those of medium and large sizes to be readily inserted in the recess 15 andproperly held between the fingers and the barrel. As is incident to the employment of ordinary types of pen points the pen point 26 as thus applied to the barrel 10 is arranged so that its writing point and ink distributing portionprotrude beyond the barrel, and serving to permit one of the ink cartridges 14 to be carried for supplying ink to the pen point, on the retainer v16 is a carrier, as 27.

The carrier 27 may be of any suitable type, though the carrier preferably consists of an extension or strip of spring metal which is integrally formed on the retainer l6 so as to protrude from the free edge of the curved end .24 of the finger 21 of the retainer, in order to be disposed so that the carrier or spring strip will be in close proximity to the underside of the projecting writing point and ink distributing part of the pen point 26. The yielding carrier has an elongated body part, as 28, and this body part is transversely concaved, as at 29, throughout its length so that the concavity is in opposed relation to the underside of the pen point. The free end of the body part 28 is upwardly curved, as at 30-, and projecting from this curved end may be a short lug or finger 31 which is in 'movable contact with the underside of the pen point a for serving to cause ink to be fed in proper 6O proportions to the writing oint of the pen when being used, while in t e center of the vconcaved body part of the carrier is an opening, as 32, for allowingpassage of water and air into the concavity of the carrier. The concavity of the carrier is somewhat larger than the ink cartridge for serving as a supply chamber for holding a suitable quantity of the fluid ink when produced by partially dissolving the ink cartridge.

Inpractice the holder is charged with one of the soluble ink cartridges 14 by removing the pen point 26 from the barrel 10, and the cartridge is arranged in the concavity 29 of the carrier 27 so that the cartridge will be disposed over the opening 32 of the carrier. The pen point is then re-applied to the barrel of the holder so that the cartridge will be between the carrier and thepen point.

In order to write with the device the procarrier and the pen point. A quantity of the cartridge will at once dissolve in the water to provide a supply of liquid ink, and when the device is used for writing in the usual fashion the yielding action of the pen point together with the pressure of the air passing through the opening 32 as well as over the edge of the carrier will cause the liquid ink to be properly fed to the pen point. Thus I provide a form of holder adapted to permit of the use of any form of writing pen as well as overcoming the objection to the ordinary types of fountain pens,

. and which is adapted to be conveniently used at all times without the danger attendant upon possible leakage, besides obviating the annoyance of the supply of ink being exhausted at inopportune times.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of my invention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be'mad'e therein without departing from the principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore, I reserve to myself the right/to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a pen holder, the combination with ,a barrel having a recess inone of its ends with a yielding retainer for removably holding a pen point in the recess, of a concaved elongated yielding strip protruding from the retainer so that the concavity of the strip ing a partially cylindrical body with spaced slots lengthwise of one of its ends to provide spaced yielding fingers, an elongated yielding strip protruding from the free end of one of the fingers oi the body, and the strip having a concavity lengthwise of one of its faces as well as having on opening centrally of its concavity. v

3. it retain or for a pen holder, comprising a yielding ritr inlly cylindrical body with spaced slots lengthwise of one of its ends to provide spaced yielding fingers, an elongated yielding strip protruding from the free end of onc'of the fingers of the body and the strip having a concavity lengthwise of one of its faces as well as having an openinn centrcllyof its concavity, and :1 curved lug on the free end of the strip.

L. A retainer for a. pen holder, comprising an elongated yielding strip having a concavitv lengthwise of one of its faces as well as having an opening centrally of its concavity,

:1 lug protruding from one of the free ends of the strip,and yielding means on the other end of the strip whereby a pen point may he rcmomhly held in the holder. I

In a pen holder, in combination, :1 bar re], a yielding partially cylindrical body in the barrel, having spaced slots lengthwise of one of its ends to fingers to allow pen oints of various sizes to 'be accommodated in the barrel. an elongated yielding strip protruding from the free end of one of the fingers of the body and the strip having a concavity lengthwise of one of its faces as well s lnwing an openingcentrally of its concavity, and at lug on the free end of the strip.

This specification signed and witnessed this 10th day of Sept. A. D. 1918.

' EDWARD n. FELDMAN.

Witnesses:

E. W. Jones, L. CAsANo.

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